A litigation funder has asked a New Jersey state court to remove it from a suit alleging it worked with two law firms to unlawfully steer a former client into high-interest loans amid a vehicle injury suit, arguing its funding agreements are not loans and therefore are not governed by the Consumer Fraud Act.
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Litigation Funder Seeks Exit From NJ Suit Over Crash Funding

By Emily Sawicki

A litigation funder has asked a New Jersey state court to remove it from a suit alleging it worked with two law firms to unlawfully steer a former client into high-interest loans amid a vehicle injury suit, arguing its funding agreements are not loans and therefore are not governed by the Consumer Fraud Act.

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Judge Tosses NJ Law Prof's Free Speech Suit For Good

By George Woolston

A New Jersey federal judge has thrown out for good a law professor's free speech suit against Kean University over alleged controversial statements made in class, finding her twice-amended complaint contained no claims that state workplace policy infringes on her First Amendment rights.

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States Say DHS' Softer Stance On Grants Doesn't Moot Suit

By Zach Dupont

A collective of 20 states said Wednesday that only Congress can change the terms of federal grants, telling a Rhode Island federal judge that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's softening of its stance on withholding funds to states that don't cooperate with immigration enforcement cannot moot their suit against the government.

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SUPREME COURT

Feature

The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court's Term

By Jeff Overley

After justices and oral advocates spent much of an argument pummeling a lower court's writing talents, one attorney suggested it might be time to move on — only to be told the drubbing had barely begun. Here, Law360 showcases the standout jests and wisecracks from the 2024-25 U.S. Supreme Court term.

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LITIGATION

Ex-Employees Of NJ Medical Co. Must Face Trade Secrets Suit

By George Woolston

A New Jersey federal judge let a medical communications agency pursue contract and trade secret claims against three former employees it accused of launching a rival firm while still on the payroll, but dismissed all claims against PharmaEssentia and its former executive.

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Segal McCambridge Hit With Age Bias, Retaliation Suit

By Jake Maher

A former secretary is suing Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd. in New York federal court alleging that the firm excluded her from work emails, falsely accused her of failing to perform her work duties and ultimately fired her based on her age.

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NCAA, NASCAR Antitrust Challenges Permeate 2025's 1st Half

By Elaine Briseño

The first half of 2025 saw the dispute between NASCAR and two of its teams become supercharged and a judge give final approval to the disputed settlement for the NCAA name, image and likeness antitrust litigation.

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Analysis

Top Product Liability News In H1 2025

By Y. Peter Kang

There was no shortage of big rulings, verdicts and happenings in the product liability sphere in the first half of 2025. Here, Law360 looks at the most significant news cross-referenced with the articles that garnered the most page views.

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THIRD CIRCUIT

3rd Circ. Rules False Claims Fraud Can Trigger Deportation

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A Canadian national who gained permanent-resident status in the United States can be deported for costing the Department of Veterans Affairs $3 million by making false claims to get his scuba school into a GI Bill-funded program, the Third Circuit held in a precedential ruling Tuesday.

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BANKRUPTCY

Canned Food Group Del Monte Hits Ch. 11 With $1.2B Debt

By Clara Geoghegan

Packaged foods giant Del Monte is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New Jersey with plans for a sale after a liability management transaction last year failed to sufficiently reduce borrowing costs from its $1.23 billion of secured debt.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Kousisis Concurrence Maps FCA Defense To Anti-DEI Suits

Justice Clarence Thomas' recent concurrence in Kousisis v. U.S. lays out how federal funding recipients could use the high standard for materiality in government fraud cases to fight the U.S. Justice Department’s threatened False Claims Act suits against payees deviating from the administration’s anti-DEI policies, say attorneys at Miller & Chevalier.

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8 Ways Lawyers Can Protect The Rule Of Law In Their Work

Whether they are concerned with judicial independence, regulatory predictability or client confidence, lawyers can take specific meaningful actions on their own when traditional structures are too slow or too compromised to respond, says Angeli Patel at the Berkeley Center of Law and Business.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Legal Sector Jobs Continue To Climb, Nearing All-Time High

By Aebra Coe

The U.S. legal industry added 2,800 jobs in June, marking four months in a row of job growth in the sector, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Analysis

Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review

By Jack Karp

The U.S. Supreme Court once again waited until the term's closing weeks — and even hours — to issue some of its most anticipated and divided decisions.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

Target's board faces a shareholder derivative suit that accuses the retail giant of damaging the company by implementing an LGBTQ+ Pride-themed marketing campaign, despite knowing the risk of "public backlash." Meanwhile, SolarWinds and the SEC are close to resolving a novel case that alleges the software developer hid faulty cybersecurity practices before a major breach. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Analysis

The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court

By Jack Karp

The number of law firms juggling three or more arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court this past term nearly doubled from the number of firms that could make that claim last term.

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Analysis

What Judges Might Ponder In Judicial Safety Law Challenge

By Carla Baranauckas

A Third Circuit panel set to examine the constitutionality of a judicial safety law born out of the murder of a New Jersey federal judge's son is tasked with what experts are viewing as a lesser-of-two-evils choice: chilling free speech or chilling public service.

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Ex-Treasury Official Joins Covington's Nat'l Security Practice

By Madeline Lyskawa

Covington & Burling LLP has boosted its national security practice with the hire of the former head of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence under former President Barack Obama's administration as of counsel.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Maryland school district burdened parents' religious rights when it declined to provide opt-outs from a policy that introduced LGBTQ-themed storybooks into its K-12 English curriculum.

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Spectrum, Border, Injunction Changes Included In Mega Bill

By Courtney Bublé

The House voted 218-214, almost along party lines, on Thursday on the reconciliation budget package, which includes a range of policy provisions on nationwide injunctions, spectrum and immigration and now goes to President Donald Trump's desk ahead of the decided Fourth of July deadline.

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Orrick Adds Nixon Peabody Public Finance Atty In LA

By James Mills

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP is boosting its finance team, bringing in a Nixon Peabody LLP public finance pro as a partner in its Los Angeles office.

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Analysis

The Moments That Shaped The Universal Injunction Case

By Cara Bayles and Steven Trader

The U.S. Supreme Court voted along ideological lines when it hindered the ability of federal district court judges to issue nationwide pauses on presidential policies, but that outcome didn't seem like a foregone conclusion during oral arguments earlier this year. What do the colloquies suggest about the justices' thinking? Here are some moments that may have swayed them.

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Justices Extend Due Process Pause To South Sudan Removals

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court clarified Thursday that its recent order allowing the Trump administration to send noncitizens to countries they have no connection to with little notice or chance to object extends to a group of men the government plans to send to South Sudan.

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Analysis

Circuit-By-Circuit Recap: Justices Send Message To Outliers

By Jeff Overley

It was a tough term at the U.S. Supreme Court for two very different circuits — one solidly liberal, one solidly conservative — that had their rulings overturned in eye-popping numbers. But it was another impressive year for a relatively moderate circuit that appears increasingly simpatico with the high court.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

AFN Law PLLC

Agnifilo Intrater

Arnold & Itkin

Arnold & Porter

Baker Botts

Ballard Spahr

Bartlit Beck

Blank Rome

Boies Schiller

Buchanan Ingersoll

Bucher Law PLLC

Bunsow De Mory

Clement & Murphy

Cole Schotz

Constangy Brooks

Covington & Burling

Critchley Kinum

Dechert LLP

Farnan LLP

FisherBroyles

Fox Rothschild

Gibbons PC

Gibson Dunn

Goody Law Group

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

Greenberg Traurig

Greenspoon Marder

Gupta Wessler

Hagens Berman

Haun Mena

Hausfeld LLP

Herbert Smith Freehills

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Knight

Jones Day

Keller Postman

King & Spalding

Klein Thomas

Kline & Specter

Korein Tillery

Latham & Watkins

Lavin Cedrone

Lewis Brisbois

Lomurro Munson

Lowenstein Sandler

Manatt Phelps

Mandelbaum Barrett

McDermott Will & Emery

McElroy Deutsch

McManis Faulkner

Milbank LLP

Miller & Chevalier

Morgan & Morgan

Nixon Peabody

Orrick Herrington

Pierson Ferdinand LLP

Quinn Emanuel

RKW LLC

Raj Ferber

Riker Danzig

Segal McCambridge

Seyfarth Shaw

Shapiro Arato

Sheppard Mullin

Sidley Austin

Slarskey LLC

Stinson LLP

Stoel Rives

Sullivan & Cromwell

Thompson Hine

Troutman

Williams & Connolly

Williams Cedar

WilmerHale

Wood Smith

Wright Close & Barger

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Bankers Association

Apple Inc.

Association of Corporate Counsel

Bayer AG

Boehringer Ingelheim Corp.

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc.

Boston College

CTIA

Competitive Carriers Association

Del Monte Foods Inc.

Drummond

Duke University

Equifax Inc.

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.

Google LLC

Harvard University

Human Rights First

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.

Jetson Electric Bikes LLC

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LinkedIn Corp.

Major Lindsey & Africa LLC

Medtronic PLC

Monsanto Co.

NASCAR Digital Media LLC

NVIDIA Corp.

National Collegiate Athletic Association

Nestle Purina PetCare Co.

Oracle Corp.

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

PacifiCorp

Planned Parenthood Federation

Pro Bono Institute

RELX PLC

Smith & Wesson Brands Inc.

SolarWinds Corp.

Stanford University

Starbucks Corp.

Supervalu Inc.

The Wireless Infrastructure Association

Thomson Reuters Corp.

TikTok Inc.

United States Telecom Association

Universal Health Services Inc.

University of California Davis

University of the Pacific

Valve Corp.

Walmart Inc.

Werner Enterprises Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives

Bureau of Labor Statistics

California State Treasurer's Office

Delaware Court of Chancery

Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal Reserve System

Food and Drug Administration

Government of Mexico

Internal Revenue Service

Maine Department of Education

New Jersey Attorney General's Office

New Jersey Court

New Jersey Legislature

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

State of Tennessee

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Rhode Island

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. Coast Guard

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of State

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. District Court of the District of New Hampshire

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Tax Court

United States District Court for the District of Wyoming